Influence of the type of anesthesia provider on costs of labor analgesia to the Texas Medicaid Program

Anesthesiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 991-998

  Abouleish, Amr E ^a   Prough, Donald S ^b   Vadhera, Rakesh B ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NURSE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANALGESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAID; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 4644311685     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200410000-00026     Document Type: Article

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